Julia Creek dunnart

Sminthopsis douglasi

Blamed on foxes

IUCN Status: Near Threatened

EPBC Threat Rating: Moderate

IUCN Claim: “Exotic predators (especially cats and foxes)’”

Studies in support

Foxes hunt Julia Creek dunnarts (Kutt 2003).

Studies not in support

No studies

Is the threat claim evidence-based?

There are no studies linking foxes to Julia Creek dunnart populations.

Evidence linking Sminthopsis douglasi to foxes. Systematic review of evidence for an association between Sminthopsis douglasi and foxes. Positive studies are in support of the hypothesis that foxes contribute to the decline of Sminthopsis douglasi, negative studies are not in support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is not provided; population studies are associations between threatened mammal and predator abundance.
Evidence linking Sminthopsis douglasi to foxes. Systematic review of evidence for an association between Sminthopsis douglasi and foxes. Positive studies are in support of the hypothesis that foxes contribute to the decline of Sminthopsis douglasi, negative studies are not in support. Predation studies include studies documenting hunting or scavenging; baiting studies are associations between poison baiting and threatened mammal abundance where information on predator abundance is not provided; population studies are associations between threatened mammal and predator abundance.

References

Kutt, A.S. (2003). New records of the Julia Creek dunnart Sminthopsis douglasi in central-north Queensland. Australian Zoologist 32, 257-260.

Wallach et al. 2023 In Submission